GRENADA.-1 Missionary; 26 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 2 salaried and 2 gratuitous Teachers; 390 in Society; in the Schools, 440.

TRINIDAD.-3 Missionaries; 32 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 2 salaried and 14 gratuitous Teachers; 700 in Society; in the Schools, 396.

TOBAGO.-1 Missionary; 29 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 1 salaried and 8 gratuitous Teachers; 432 in Society; in the Schools, 267.

DEMERARA.-3 principal Stations; 5 Missionaries; 2 salaried and 71 gratuitous Teachers; 1,823 in Society; in the Schools, 878.

BARBADOES.-2 Missionaries; 1 salaried and 23 gratuitous Teachers; 1,352 in Society; in the Schools, 1,707.

JAMAICA.-19 principal Stations; 30 Missionaries, and 1 General Superintendent of Schools; 881 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 687 gratuitous and 21 salaried Teachers; 24,619 members in Society; in the Schools, 3,192. HONDURAS-BAY.-2 Missionaries; 8 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 180 in Society; in the Schools, 90 children.

NEW-PROVIDENCE.-3 Missionaries; 33 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 52 gratuitous Teachers; 684 in Society; in the Schools, 473.

ELEUTHERA.-1 Missionary; 31 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.;

salaried and 47 gratuitous Teachers; 529 in Society; in the Schools, 492. HARBOUR-ISLAND-1 Missionary; 38 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 1 salaried and 40 gratuitous Teachers; 644 in Society; in the Schools, 538. ABACO.-1 Missionary; 20 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 21 gratuitous Teachers; 205 in Society; in the Schools, 203. EXUMA.-1 Exhorter; 10 in Society.

HAYTI, formerly called ST. DOMINGO.-5 principal Stations; 5 Missionaries, and 1 Assistant Missionary; 6 gratuitous Teachers. The languages used are English, French, and Spanish; in Society, 195; in the Schools, 76. TURK'S ISLANDS.-1 Missionary; 6 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; and 22 gratuitous Teachers; 295 in Society; in the Schools, 261.

BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA.

UPPER CANADA.-14 principal Stations among the Chippewa and other Indians, to whom the Gospel is preached in their own language; 18 Missionaries; 17 Catechists, &c.; 10 salaried Teachers; 1,495 in Society; in the Schools, 274.

LOWER CANADA.-13 principal Stations; 17 Missionaries; 153 gratuitous Teachers; 3,227 members of Society; in the Schools, 1,296.

NOVA-SCOTIA.-12 principal Stations; 13 Missionaries; 120 gratuitous Teachers; 2,792 in Society; in the Schools, 1,061.

ISLAND OF CAPE BRETON.-2 principal Stations; 1 Missionary; 34 gratuitous Teachers; 147 in Society; in the Schools, 270 children.

PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.-3 principal Stations; 2 Missionaries; 24 gratuitous Teachers; 526 in Society; in the Schools, 218.

NEW-BRUNSWICK.-15 principal Stations; 24 Missionaries; 31 Exhorters, Leaders, &c.; 241 gratuitous Teachers; in Society, 3,369; in the Schools, 1,932.

NEWFOUNDLAND.-14 principal Stations; 12 Missionaries; 115 gratui tous Teachers; in Society, 2,195; in the Schools, 1,339.

HUDSON'S-BAY COMPANY'S TERRITORIES.-4 principal Stations among the Indians; 4 Missionaries.

RECAPITULATION.

THE Society occupies about 260 principal Stations; its Missionaries are about 370; its Catechists and salaried Schoolmasters, &c., are about 330; the Exhorters, Leaders, and Teachers, not salaried, are 3,890. Seven printing establishments are supported on the Foreign Stations.

The members of the Society, or communicants, under the spiritual care of the Missionaries, are 84,234. The total number attending their ministry

may be reckoned at more than 200,000. In the Schools there are nearly 57,000 adults and children.

Upwards of 20 different languages are used by the Missionaries; and into several of them the translation of the Scriptures, and of other useful and instructive books, is in progress.

Contributions to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, received by the General Treasurers, since our last announcement, up to the 13th of December, 1841.

Moneys received at the Mission-House.

Legacy of David Underwood, Esq., of Leeds; Joshua Burton,
William Tetley, und John Sangster, Esqrs., Execu-
500 0 0
Less duty... 50 0 0

tors

£. s. d.

450 0 0

Legacy of William Morgan, Esq., of Carmarthen; Thomas
T. Webb, Esq., Executor

84 13 4

60 0 0

Swedish Missionary Society, towards the support of the Negro
School at St. Bartholomew's, for 1841

E. P., Manchester, by the Rev. Edward Walker, for the West-
African Missions, in consequence of reading the December
Notices

A Friend, by the Rev. James Shoar, Devonport.
A Friend, Melksham, by the Rev. Jacob Morton
H. Gosse, Esq., Epsom (Donation)

20

20

........

15

5

5

5

5

0

2 15 0

£. s. d.

0

0

0

0

0

John Fitzgerald, Esq., Naseby, by the Rev. S. Brown
W. B. Sharp, Esq., Faversham (additional Subscription)
Rev. John Hartley, Nice, by Miss Boss
Rev. J. and Mrs. Roadhouse, Selby

.......

2

Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley

2

Sums below £2

Towards the Extinction of the Debt.

Stephen Clissold, Esq., Stroud, by the Rev. John Stevens..

Special Contributions for the Mission to Ashantee, and the extension

of the Gold-Coast Mission.

Mrs. Ann Mawer, Leeds, by James Musgrave, Esq.

Mrs. Captain Brown, Liverpool...

£.

s. d.

1 0 0

1

N.B. The Amount and Details of recent Remittances from District Auxiliary Societies will be found on the Cover of the Missionary Notices.

LONDON: PRINTED BY JAMES NICHOLS, HOXTON-SQUARE,

FOR FEBRUARY, 1842.

BIOGRAPHY.

MEMOIR OF MR. JOHN DE JERSEY,
Of the Island of Guernsey:

BY THE REV. WILLIAM BURT.

MR. JOHN DE JERSEY, of Mon-Plaisir, in the Guernsey Circuit, was one of the most active and useful members of the church of Christ in that place. His time, talents, and property were devoted to the interests of religion. But, in the prime of life, and in the midst of his usefulness, that God who hath said, "All souls are mine," claimed our deceased brother's as his own, and took it to himself. But "he, being dead, yet speaketh;" "his name is as ointment poured forth,” and the remembrance of it will long be cherished in the hearts of all those who knew his piety and worth.

The ancestors of Mr. De Jersey were among the first supporters of Wesleyan Methodism in the island. When its light was but just dawning upon the land, they were illumined by its earliest beams: and since that period what has God wrought in those parts! Chapels have been erected in all the parishes in the island; the word of the Lord has wonderfully prevailed, both in French and English society; and numerous have been the witnesses of his power to save. Under their hospitable roof the first Wesleyan Ministers were entertained; and the room is still to be seen, in which the venerable Wesley offered the glad tidings of salvation to these islanders. Here, also, the Rev. Dr. Clarke resided; and tradition points out the places of his retirement, on the lovely grounds of the estate, when, no doubt, he was engaged in those studies which, when matured and developed, astonished the literary world. The first Wesleyan chapel in the island was erected on their estate, and opened by Mr. Wesley at five o'clock in the morning, and is still occupied as a place of religious worship by the French society. The grandfather of Mr. De Jersey was one of the principal agents in the erection of the first chapel built in the town of St. Peter Port, while Dr. Clarke was stationed in the island. The following is Mr. Wesley's notice of Mon-Plaisir, as entered in his Journal:-"But we quickly went on to Mr. De Jersey's, about a mile from the town" (that is, of St. Peter Port). "Here I found a most cordial welcome, both from the master of the house, and all his family. VOL. XXI. Third Series. FEBRUARY, 1842.

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